Trump Tower Russia meeting: At least eight people in the room  —  CNN Special Report “The First Son: The Life of Donald Trump Jr.” airs Friday at 9:30 p.m. ET/PT.  —  Washington (CNN)The June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower with Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort included at least eight people.

Why Does Jared Kushner Still Have a Security Clearance?  —  With nearly each passing day, the public learns more sordid details of the Russia scandal engulfing the Trump administration.  It's far from clear just how deep the Russia affair goes; in today's climate, one progressive's collusion …

DNC worried about voters unregistering in Colorado  —  Top officials in the Democratic National Committee are worried about a sudden drop in voter registrations in Colorado, concerned that President Donald Trump's new election commission is encouraging Democrats across the country …

Dropping the Bluster, Trump Revives Banter With Reporters  —  WASHINGTON — The Donald J. Trump who turned up in the press cabin of Air Force One on Wednesday evening, as his plane crossed the Atlantic Ocean on the way to Paris, was starkly different from the one who publicly pillories …

‘Lie after lie after lie’: Fox News's Shepard Smith has a Cronkite moment on Russia … Between its “Fox and Friends” morning show and Sean Hannity at night, Fox News has become a haven for those who think this whole Russia thing is nonsense.  On Friday morning, Steve Doocy even declared that …

Roger Stone's Testimony in House Russia Probe Delayed After Radio Tirade  —  Former Trump campaign adviser Stone was to testify July 24  —  Stone had called Democrat on panel a ‘yellow-bellied coward’  —  The House Intelligence Committee has postponed the scheduled July 24 closed-door testimony …

The GOP's moral rot is the problem, not Donald Trump Jr.  —  The key insight from a week of gobsmacking revelations is not that the Russia scandal may finally have an underlying crime but that, as David Brooks suggests, “over the past few generations the Trump family built an enveloping culture that is beyond good and evil.”

In memo, Trump administration weighs expanding the expedited deportation powers of DHS  —  The Trump administration is weighing a new policy to dramatically expand the Department of Homeland Security's powers to expedite the deportations of some illegal immigrants.

Governors From Both Parties Denounce Senate Obamacare Repeal Bill  —  PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The nation's governors, gathered here for their annual summer meeting, came out strongly on Friday against the new Senate bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act, ratcheting up the pressure …

Someone complained about Dunkin' Donuts hot cups on Facebook and a war broke out  —  It's safe to say this person will never be the Mayor of Dunkin' Donuts.  —  When a customer took to the company's Facebook page Sunday to complain that an employee used a hot cup to insulate an iced coffee …

At U.S. Women's Open, Presidential Air Is Stirred by a Gust of Commotion  —  BEDMINSTER, N.J. — Lexi Thompson, at No. 3 the highest-ranked American in the women's world rankings, was preparing to hit her third shot, from just off the green, on the par-5 15th hole at Trump National Golf Club …

Pence will join GOP leaders for fundraiser benefiting his PAC  —  Vice President Mike Pence will join congressional GOP leaders later this month for a fundraising reception benefiting a newly formed, Pence-overseen political action committee.  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell …